Where does “datang” come from?

datang (Classical Malay) comes from Malay datang, from Classical Malay داتڠ, from Proto-Malayic datəŋ — to come; to arrive.

datang (Classical Malay): come; to come; to arrive

Definitions

  1. come; to come; to arrive

Ancestry of “datang”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Malaydatangto come
2Classical Malayداتڠ—
3Proto-Malayicdatəŋto come; to arrive
Every word from Proto-Malayic datəŋ →Every word from Classical Malay داتڠ →Every word from Malay datang →